Legal System: General

An authoritative survey of the Taft Court, which served from 1921 to 1929, and the impact it had on the U.S. legal system, social order, economics,...

Spanning the years from 1946 until 1953, the Vinson Court made the legal transition from World War II to the Korean War, and the outspoken justices...

A comprehensive examination of the rulings, key figures, and legal legacy of the Stone Court. When President Franklin Roosevelt got the chance to a...

A fascinating exploration of the first two Supreme Courts and how they laid the groundwork for the modern-day Court.When the Supreme Court was esta...

A collective overview of contemporary developments affecting court organization and judicial procedures.America has a long history of sensationaliz...

A survey and analysis of the historical context, key figures, and lasting legacy of the Warren Court. Earl Warren served as chief justice of the U....

As lawyers, legal scholars, and academics throughout the social sciences debate the future of legal work and the legal profession itself, they turn...

A rare source of information about late-seventeenth-century trans-Atlantic enterprise and London business, through the letters of a sugar planter a...

The procedures of summary judgment as well as other preclusive devices have been hailed by many as an effective solution to the current overload fa...

Nagel draws on his experience as a practicing attorney and legal scholar to present a clear and concise discussion of the analytical methods in law...

This book can improve the effectiveness of those working within the legal process and in legal policy. It seeks to clarify how the examination of r...

This book demonstrates the use of the personal computer as an integral component of legal decision making. Nagel begins with an overview of the use...

Decision-aiding software, the underpinning of computer-aided judicial analysis, can facilitate the prediction of how cases are likely to be decided...

This book provides the first in-depth analysis of a wide variety of legal problems and policy issues that directly involve the judiciary, together ...

With court calendars already overcrowded and the number of civil cases steadily mounting, prolonged litigation and successive lawsuits are becoming...

Michael H. Graham argues that to meet the problem of witness intimidation squarely, the system must eliminate the possibility of intimidation by pr...

Students learn about the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and discover how just 16 words in the U.S. Consti...

This is the second volume in a new series designed to cover the previously-neglected inquisitions post mortem of the fifteenth century between 1422...

This volume initiates the completion of the calendars of medieval inquisitions post mortem for the years 1422-85. Academic Director and General Ed...

At a time when police abuses and errors make the headlines, it is important to understand just what goes into the decisions that police make when t...

This book contains the James S. Carpentier Lectures delivered at Columbia University Law School in 1955. Subjects discussed include the development...

Puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials from a...